Reuters
• Tim Hepher
Qantas is set to announce the first route in its Project Sunrise program—an ultra-long-haul nonstop service from eastern Australia to either London or New York—marking one of aviation’s few remaining unbroken barriers to end-to-end travel after years of delivery and launch delays.
FlightGlobal
• Jon Hemmerdinger
By FlightGlobal: Potential bidders include a Florida firm that envisions launching a new US airline. The bankrupt parent of defunct US carrier Spirit Airlines aims in the coming weeks to close out bidding to sell assets, including several dozen Airbus A320-family jets and slots at New York LaGuardia airport.
Reuters
• David Shepardson
By Reuters: Saudi Arabia's new airline Riyadh Air won the right to operate flights to and from the United States, the U.S. Transportation Department said in an order Tuesday.
Aviation Week
ch-aviation
• Daniel Martinez Garbuno
By ch-aviation: Interested in Commercial Aviation/Business Aviation? Unlock exclusive news such as “Chile greenlights Abra Group’s acquisition of SKY Airline” today!.
AirInsight
• Addison Schonland
By AirInsight: Here's an updated B-1 table (Form 41) from the US DoT. Use the menus to drive the charts. We have data starting in 2016 through 1Q26. You can see the fall of Spirit quite clearly.
AirInsight
• Addison Schonland
By AirInsight: Fuel costs are the bane of the airline industry. It is the highest cost input other than pilots. US DoT updated their P-12a through 1Q26, and here's our model.
Breitflyte
• Joe Breitfeller
By Breitflyte: Joe Breitfeller 5 hours ago 3 min read Air Canada has today announced the opening of their first premium lounge experience at Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport.
Bloomberg
• Vikram Kumar
By Bloomberg: Air India introduced a new fare class, which doesn’t offer complimentary meals, as the full-service carrier looks to cut costs and compete with budget rivals in a challenging environment.
Inflight Online
• Satu Dahl
Flying Magazine
• Meg Godlewski
